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I got the rest of my inking done yesterday for my half-sleeve tattoo. Jason Phillips at FTW Tattoo yet again did a great job. If you’re in the East Bay and looking for a great artist, can’t recommend him enough. Proof of his great work I’ve posted below in photographic form.

The inside of my arm wasn’t as painful this time, maybe because I twisted the hell out of my ankle in Indiana my last night there and it’s been throbbing ever since. X-Rays show it’s not broken thankfully.

I joked with Jason that if I wanted to get a full sleeve the rest would have to be an underwater theme since it’s under the boat. Awesome idea, but I don’t know if the full sleeve is for me, at least at this point in life. The other arm is open for anything and of course I’ve always toyed with the idea of getting more stuff on my back other than a robot and demon.

Honestly, I still love my first two tattoos, but almost regret them now because of the arm tattoo. The two images on my back mean something to me but they’re kinda just floating there all alone. This arm tattoo just makes me wish I had included them into a mosaic, something bigger than just themselves. I kinda wish now the arm tattoo was my first one, but I’m hoping I can work the other two into some type of pattern.

Anyways, I can’t make the arm tattoo one big photo like they do in tattoo magazines, so here are just a bunch of shots of it. Enjoy!

The coloring on the ship is finished. Phew! Now I have to go do physical labor tomorrow, not going to be fun. Plus, got an appointment later this month to finish it out with my compass rose on the inside of my arm. That one will hurt the worst by far, what with all that nice, soft arm flesh in there. Thanks Jason, your work is amazing.